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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:12 pm

By way of WalMart.com we have some official images of the yet to be released Transformers Bot Shots Protectobot 5-Pack. The set has a list price of $19.96, but is not currently available for purchase. Take a look at the product description and official images below.

Crash and bash your way to victory in the Transformers Bot Shots Battle Game! Build your collection with the five Bot Shots vehicles in this special Protectobots Pack. Will your Protectobot Blades vehicle convert to robot mode and make you the winner? Or will you send your Protectobot Groove or Protectobot Hot Spot vehicles into the fray? Practice with your own vehicles, then take on your friends. Crash and bash your way to Bot Shots victory! Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.

Transformers Bot Shots Protectobots Pack:
Protectobot Blades, Protectobot Streetsmart, Protectobot Hot Spot, Protectobot Groove and Protectobot First Aid vehicles
Choose a power for 1 of these vehicles, then crash into battle with another
2 ways to win when you crash your vehicles together
If your vehicle converts to robot mode when your opponent's doesn't, you're the winner
If both of your vehicles convert, the vehicle with the highest power wins
Blaster beats Fist, Fist beats Sword and Sword beats Blaster
If neither vehicle converts, crash them all over again
Includes: 5 Bot Shots vehicles

by **Downbeat** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:58 pm

Hah, Groove's a tank. I note that all of them require the Protectobot prefix for their names, interesting.

Also hey, Streetsmart ain't that bad a replacement for Streetwise.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:13 pm

Groove is now a tank?

Talk about picking the least-relevant mold. >:oP

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:18 pm

Maybe they chose that tank because it looks kinda' like the Bat-Tumbler, which could eject a motorcycle?

No motorcycle-alt Bot-Shots so far? I haven't been following them that closely, but I guess that would be tough to pull off.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:07 pm

Oh, and the coolest part is Ratchet being repainted into First Aid, just like in the Decoys mini-comic!

And as much as I love Rescue Bots Blades, putting those colors on the Blades in an otherwise G1 homage set seems akin to...well, neutering the ol' boy for safety reasons. Yes, I know how ironic that word is coming from someone whose favorite continuity is the one where TFs are said to have no genders...but that's also the one where Blades endeared himself to me. I just can't see him shooting Cybertronian construction workers in the back while wearing orange.

Unless they do Shattered Glass Rescue Bots, or Doc Green invents personality destabilizers or warp gas...

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:08 pm

Bumblevivisector wrote:Oh, and the coolest part is Ratchet being repainted into First Aid, just like in the Decoys mini-comic!

And as much as I love Rescue Bots Blades, putting those colors on the Blades in an otherwise G1 homage set seems akin to...well, neutering the ol' boy for safety reasons. Yes, I know how ironic that word is coming from someone whose favorite continuity is the one where TFs are said to have no genders...but that's also the one where Blades endeared himself to me. I just can't see him shooting Cybertronian construction workers in the back while wearing orange.

Unless they do Shattered Glass Rescue Bots, or Doc Green invents personality destabilizers or warp gas...

Less Rescue Bots Blades and more Movie Evac or Cybertron Evac.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:38 pm

Protectobot tanks again?

At least the Kreon Protectobots didn't include any.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:53 am

Mindmaster wrote:Groove is now a tank?

Talk about picking the least-relevant mold.

Not quite, in some countries tanks have been retrofitted into firefighting machines. I know, lame excuse, but still...

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:10 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Groove is now a tank?

Talk about picking the least-relevant mold.

Not quite, in some countries tanks have been retrofitted into firefighting machines. I know, lame excuse, but still...

Well as he is painted white, he could always be part of the UN peace keeping force...

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:40 pm

(Also Rrelated: Universe Onslaught)
Still, its kinda terrifying that the motorcycle grew up to be a tank... Guess he got tired of bing the little guy...

Blades being orange is a telling sign. I wonder, if he's being retconned permanently into being a Coast Guard paint over his original red?

Poor Firstaid, doesn't look much different from rthe original orange Ratchet,

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:48 pm

He'll protect you TO DEATH.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:12 pm

Hippie tank is hypocritical, paradoxical, oxymoronic, and flat out awesome!

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:58 am

Sabrblade wrote:Hippie tank is hypocritical, paradoxical, oxymoronic, and flat out awesome!

So next we need a Warpath with VW minibus alt?

by **shockblast2** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:30 am

Why do they keep showing these bot shots? Everyone knows they are going to be cancelled at the end of this year. And the fact no retailer has any left on the shelves except TRU and single packs at Meijer. They "revealed" the Combaticons a few months back too via Walmarts webpage. Where are they at this point if they are truly releasing these? They also revealed about 10 single pack figures that have yet to even hit HTS.

The only place I expect these to end up are Marshalls/TJ Maxx.

by **NecaPrime** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:46 am

I havn't been following the bot shots as much as other lines but is this the first helicopter we have gotten, if we have and it was realy obvious im sorry #-o

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:56 am

NecaPrime wrote:I havn't been following the bot shots as much as other lines but is this the first helicopter we have gotten, if we have and it was realy obvious im sorry

It's a redeco of Vortex, who himself is fairly new so it's easy to mistake Blades for a new mold.